Co-operation is cool across Laois schools

23 Apr 2015

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Ballyboy NS students won top prize of an iPad Mini last month at the 12th Co-operation is Cool Awards ceremony in Portlaoise, when their project ‘Create, Cook and Cure’ stood out as typifying the spirit of co-operation within their community.

Ballyboy NS students won top prize of an iPad Mini last month at the 12th Co-operation is Cool Awards ceremony in Portlaoise, when their project ‘Create, Cook and Cure’ stood out as typifying the spirit of co-operation within their community.

Best primary project went to Castlecuffe NS with ‘Travel From Climate Change’, while best post-primary prize was awarded to Mountrath CS with their entry ‘Fun Faces & Smart Cell Solutions’, both winning digital cameras.

The competition is run by Laois Education Centre to introduce the concept of co-ops to young people.

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